Travelogue ~ Kaleidoscope ~ Part III

Contd. from Travelogue-Kaleidoscope-Part-II

||Porochorcha||

Live location e boshe lekhar mojai alada.

Ekhon boshe achi Caribou Cafe te - amar barir saamnei. Ekhankar system gulo in general khub disciplined r chhoke bandha.

Prottek ta residential elakar kachhe ekta kore shopping complex. Taate basic dokaangulo thakbei - boro grocery store, jamakaporer dokaan, cafe, food joint, pub, brewery, parlour. Arear opor depend kore dokaaner sonkhya r variety baarte pare. Ekta centrally located park thakbe jeta onekgulo area theke accessible. Theatre, library, gym. Manusher bhalobhabe thakar jonne ja ja basic amenities, sob e thakbe.

Americar civilians-ra in general prochur tax dey. Income er flat 30 percent minimum tax hisebe kata jabei. Tax er teente level ache - Federal tax (jeta Central government er tax), State Tax (Rajyo Kor), r tarpor Area Tax, mane locality tax. E chhara medical insurance alada. Bharotborsher moto araamer jayga theke eshe eto tax dite khub e gaaye lagey. Kintu jokhon ashepashe takiye dekhi j sei takar sodbyabohaar hochhe, tokhon bhalo lagey.

Arekta byapar ekhaane lokkhoniyo.

Rastaghaate cholte-phirte era chena-ochena sobaikei hese greet kore. Prothom prothom eshe ochena lokjoner kachh theke hasimukhe obhibadon peye ektu obaak r shonkito hoyechilam. Kintu dheere dheere bujhlam eta ekhankar culture. No malice, no ill intentions.Bisesh kichui na - "Bhalo theko" ba "Tomar din bhalo jaak" - manush hisebe arekjon manusher kachh theke ei acknowledgement ta pelei monta koto bhalo hoye jay. Sobsomoy ekta positive energy ghire thake.

Amar mone hoy eta bheeshon joruri. Especially current India-r moto ekta tiktotay bhora jaygay.

Janina keno amra sobsomoy eke-opor k gaaligalaj kori r bhabi onno loke amar khoti korte chay. Shabdhaani hoya bhalo, loker bhul dhorao bhalo, kintu beshimatray hole seta paranoia te daray. Gota deshta eto distrust r negative energy te bhore geche. Amra janina kaake bissas korbo. Eke opor k respect korina, insecurity te bhugi. Eto hopelessness.

Bhabben na j Americay eshe desher ninde korchi. America bhogobaner desh noy. Kintu jekhankar jeta bhalo, seta k acknowledge kora uchit. Ekta better society te eshe nijeder khamtigulo k dyakhar sujog peyechi. Nijer chokhe dekhchi - hyan erokombhabe thaka shombhob. Prithibir ekpraante jokhon hochhe, tokhon onno praante hobe na keno?

In fact, ami jekhane boro hoyechi, sekhane dekhechi society koto open hote pare, even by Indian standards. Sei shonar jayga k maatite mishe jeteo dekhechi. Sekhane aaj sudhui dhongshostoop. Kintu se onno kahini. Arekdin bola jabe.

Modda kotha holo, doinondin jeebone chhoto chhoto achaar-achoron gulo broader aspect e bheeshonbhabe matter kore.

Amra jodi nijeder chhele-meye-bhai-bon er kachhe ek-ekta example hoye darate pari, tahole kar shaddho Bharot k tene namanor?

Filmy bhashay - "Boond Boond se saagar hota hai".

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Ekhon sondhe saare saat ta baaje. Sondhe sudhu naamei. Arctic Zone er kachakachi howate ekhane surjo deri te dobe. Geography-r lesson mone porlo. Alaskay chhoy maash din r chhoy maash raat. Boi er pora gulo jokhon miliye dekha jay, tokhon kee  moja hoy na?

Ekta bishaal boro komla ronger surjo dobaar chesta korche. Or ekhon onno dike duty. Ektu agey amar ek bheeshon bhalo bondhur songe chat korchilam. Taar ekhon bhor raat. Amar ekhane surjota tuk kore dube, or odike tup kore uthe porbe. Darun byapar! Prokriti sottie kee sundor!

Ekhane Saturday night ekta besh boro byapar. Americans ra sara sopta kaaj kore r weekende chutiye relax kore.

Rastay ekhon prochur traffic. Sob gaari niye shopping mall, disc, pub e chole jabe. Ekhon Minnesotay State Fair cholche. To maximum jonota k sekhanei pawa jabe. 

Echhara periodically ekhane kichhu na kichhu hotei thake - concert, theatre, parade, festival. Soptaher kono fixed dine Farmer's Market boshe ekta fixed location e. Seta kono park ba arena hote pare.

Farmer's Market byaparta amader ektu odbhut thekte pare. Amra bajaar bolte fresh markets bujhi. Americay serokom noy. Ekhane sob e departmental store. Grocery store e chaal, daal, tori-torkari, mangsho-maachh-dim sob packet e bikri hocche. Dokaane dokaane ghure best jinista choose kore, bargain kore neoar kono sujog nei. Majhe majhe packet e du-ekta aloo pochao berote pare. You have to live with it. A bane of supply chains.

To soptaher ekdin Farmer's market e sob fresh jinish pawa jay. Local chashira taja sobji, seasonal fol, homemade bread r cheese niye chole asbe bikri korte. Per basket ba per tray fixed daam. Jeta bhalo lagey seta holo ekhane sobrokom labour er daam achhe, somman achhe. Chashi bole tumi desher needy category nou. Tumi ekjon respected person. Cholone-bolone bojhai jabe na tara chashi. Chokher saamne amader desher dhaankhete paa dubiye dhaan pota chashider chhobi ta ek jholok bheshe uthlo. Education duure thak, tara nijeder basic human rights sombondhe obogoto noy. Tara konodin jante chayni, amrao konodin janaini.

Ekhankar lokjon beshi lekhapora januk na januk, nijeder kaajta bhalo bhabe jaane. Eder beshirbhaag e on-the-job sikheche, r bhalobhabe sikheche. R desher nagorik hisebe ki ki rights pawa uchit, seta ekhane sobai jane. Eder government seta well advertise koreche r era seta mone rekheche. Bonchito hole era mukh khulte jane.

Travelogue ~ Kaleidoscope ~ Part II

Contd. from Travelogue-Kaleidoscope-Part-I

||Khelaghor||

Baari khonjay goto saat bochhore besh expert hoye uthechi. Tai onek kaathkhor porabaar por jokhon moner moto studiotar khonj pelam, tokhon r dwitiyo baar bhabini. Shoja tolpitolpa niye dhuke porlam.

Tokhon April maash holeo choturdike borof. Amar nobolobdho dui bandhobi luggage somet gaari kore pouchhe diye gelo.

Notun songshar, se ekaar-e hok ki dokaar-e hok, besh jhokkir byapaar.

Nijer innovative mind k kaaje lagiye potapot packing box diye chhoto-boro 3te table baniye fellam. Chair er balai nei. Bhoomisojjai soi.

Carpet er opor sleeping bag r comforter pete bichhana. Ekta khawar table (majhaari packing box), ekta lekhapora korar table (sob theke chhoto packing box).

Folding light ta arrange kore alo jalabaar por bujhte parlam ekhane "Day Light" bolte holud alo k bojhay. Amar local Advisor k jigges kore jante parlum amar "White Light" bulb kena uchit chhilo. Seti amader tubelight er synonymous.

Edesher rannaghor gulo khub e sundor. Ekdom modular kitchen. Jodio rannaghor e dhokaar ovvesh nei, tao cupboard, pantry, double-door refrigerator, four-burner oven, dishwasher, microwave r oven dekhe jaarpornai khushi holum. Jaater dosh.

Gas oven-ti electric. Burner-gulo ektu study kore mechanism ta bujhe nite holo.

Bathroom-er bathtub ta main attraction, ebong sudhumatro amar. Aha! Ki anondo!

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Manush ghora dekhle khnora hoy. Etodin Lokkhi Di-r bhorshay theke besh spoilt hoye gechi. Songe additional benefit hisebe chhilo amar chhelebelar bondhur baba-maayer neighbourly care.

Kintu ekhaane sesober scope nei. Finally on my own in all respects.

Ranna korata sobtheke mathabyathar byapar. Ekdom parina ta noy, kintu practice nei bole confidence ta kom.

Maa-er likhe deoa recipe-r khata ta khule boshlam. Worst case scenario hisebe bhaat-aloo sheddho-dim sheddho to achhei.

Ekdin aloor dom korlam. Dekhlam kharap holo na byaparta. Aste aste upgrade holo dimer daalna, alooposto, lemon rice, pulao, payesh, chingrir curry, ebong aro onek kichute. Emonki pressure cooker chalanor moto challenging task o shikhe fellam onayashe.

Nijeke dekhe nijei obaak hoye gelam. Sottie, necessity is the mother of invention!


Kaajer jaygata mondo noy. Ekta alada cubicle. Lokjon bhalo.

Americay main somosya holo transport. Public transport nei bollei chole. Ekhane sobbai nijer nijer gaarite jatayaat kore. Per family minimum teen-te kore gaari. Driving license pawar agey duto bichhiri porikkha dite hoy. Se porikkha naki pass kora ottonto kotheen.Tai praaye mone hoy duto paayer bodole chaarte chaka niye jonmale bhalo hoto. Kopaal jore amar barir theke office porjonto bus jay. Tai banchoya.

Contd. to Travelogue-Kaleidoscope-Part-III

Travelogue ~ Kaleidoscope ~ Part I

||Ure eshe juure bosha||

Bochhorer dwitiyo ordhe eshe bochhorer shurur kotha bolata bheeshon e odbhut. Kintu jehetu eta 13 saal, odbhuture bemokka jinishgulo cholable. (Eta obossoi amar logic).

2013-r prothom din chhilam Kodaikanal e. Sedin Kodaikanal e bisesh South Indian halua diye mishtimukh kore Madurai jachhi. Porer din poucholam Kanyakumari te.

Amar traveling list-er onek onek jaygar moddhe ekta bheeshon important jayga - Southern most tip of India.

Jawar somoy ekta odbhut feeling hochhilo. Mone hochhilo dupasher rastagulo kromosho chepe asche. Mone hochhilo, ebare sandwich hoye jabo na to?

Adote erokom kichui noy. Amar over-imaginative moshtishker durdanto sob bhabna.

Kintu sedin bikele sei opaar somudrer paare dariye ostomito surjo k dekhte dekhte kokhon j nijeke bhule gechi bujhtei parini. Mathar moddhe tokhon sudhui oshanto dheu r obaak chomok - "bipul jolorashi" tahole ekei bole.

Sei bikele oi laal akaash r neel-kaalo joler saamne dariye notun bhabe upolobdhi korlam -

"Akaash bhora surjo taara;   
  Bishwo bhora praan,
  Taahari maajhkhaane ami peyechi more sthaan.
  Bishshoye tai jaage amar gaan."  (~Rabindranath Tagore)

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February maashe marattok tarahuro kore, duto pahaarer moto suitcase r ekta amar theke boro rucksack niye eshe porlam saat somudro tero nodi paare, prithibir ekdom ulto dike.

Onekdiner jonne baari te jete parbo na, onekdiner jonne chenashona lokjoner songe dyakha hobe na - esob bhabbar somoye paini.

Mukhe lagaam diye tokhon sudhu chhut, chhut r chhut.

Eshe porlam sompurno oporichito-der moddhe. Adventure -er ashay tokhon ami togbog korchi.

Kolkatay gotanugotik-er moddhe thakte thakte praanta chhotfot korchilo. Badhon chhenra ta majhe majhe khub joruri hoye pore.

Minnesota sombondhe sudhu etukui jene esechi j ekhane bheeshon thanda pore. Arctic zone er khub kachakachi. Moner moddhe school belakar Atlas ta ektu uki diye doob marlo. Canada, Alaska r Eskimo mone porlo. Minnesota k kosminkaaleo dekhechi ki na mone porlo na.



Tarpor paanch maash kete geche.

Er moddhe nijer alada ghor niyechi - jeta prothombaar bideshe eshe shadharonoto keu korena. Herogiri dekhate noy, goto paanch-chhoy bochhore nijer jeebontay nijer moto thakte ovvosto hoye gechi, tai eka thakata sobtheke natural consequence mone holo. Amar kachhe notun noy.

Nijer chhotto studio ta k nijer moto kore guchhiyechi.

Kichu abosshok, beshir bhaag onabosshok jinishe chhoriye-chhitiye besh achi.

Notun desh, taar notun niyom, notun culture er notun achaar-achoron - shikhchi dheere dheere.


Prothom jedin eka eka rasta paar hote gelam, bishaal jor ekkhana horn khelam. Jaanlaam pothochaaridero traffic light mene raasta paar hote hoy, sudhumatro zebra crossing diyei. Rastar majhkhaan diye shortcut maarar chesta korle kopale accident ba horn achhe.

Kokhon raasta paar hobo bujhtei parina. Signal green holeo keno j haat ta sobsomoy laal hoye thake k jaane.
Phone korlam amar local Advisor k (mainly jaar bhorshay ekhane esechi).

"Acha bol to ei haat ta keno sobsomoy laal hoye thake?"

Opaar theke uttor elo, "Orey, rastar paashe pole ache dyakh. Ote botaam ache. Ota tiple tobe WALK lekhata dyakha jabe. Chhoto town guloy erokom thaake."

Moner proshno duur holo. Taito! Achha, erokom byapar?

Horn khawar possibility ta komlo. Tobe kodin lokkho kore dekhlam j rasta motamuti faanka thakle loke dibbi chhute chhute paar hoy. 

Jaak, manush gulo tahole dui dike eki rokom.

Contd. to Travelogue-Kaleidoscope-Part-II